About Pathivara
Pathivara temple is one of the holiest sites in Nepal. A place of faith of most Hindu people. A holy temple situated in top of the hills above clouds, a wonderful view of Kanchenjunga and other Himalayas. Lots of people from India visits here to seek blessing from goddess. This pilgrim sacrifice animals and many devotees offers money, gold, silver to Goddess Pathivara. This temple is in Taplejung, one of a district in eastern Nepal. Lying in the lap of Himalayas, reaching the temple is not a easy task, it will take around 5 to 6 hours steep climb depending over your fitness. But view of Himalayas and hills covered with Rhododendron during trekking period will certainly gives you goosebumps.
It is also holiest shrine for limbu people. According to some legends, shepherds lost lots of their sheep in a place where this temple stands now. Those heartbroken shepherds dreamed that goddess ordered them to make sacrifice of sheep and build a shrine in her honor. After offering sheep to goddess all those sheep suddenly came back so from that day this temple is considered as holiest Mata temple.It is believed that the wish of those devotees who seek blessing from goddess is fulfilled.
Reaching The Temple
Reaching the temple is not a easy task. It will take you around 7 to 8 hours, depending upon people fitness and stamina.
Day 1 Taking off and staying in Suketar: Take off from Kathmandu airport and landing in Suketar airport. It will take you around 40 minutes from Kathmandu airport to reach there. There are lots of tourist categories hotels and lodges in Suketar. So, no need to worry about where to stay.
Day 2: Lunch in Suketar and after that 4 to 5 hour hike to Phedi from Suketar. Hike to phedi will be a wonderful experience, you will be able to enjoy the beautiful environment surrounding, local peoples, Yaks, Horses and birds singing a song. Countryroad and countryside experience will be an extremely delightful. There are lots of tourist categories hotels and lodges in Phedi. Hotels and lodges costing from Rs 100 to Rs 1000 will be found in this place.
Day 3: After staying in Phedi, next morning we will trek for around 2 to 3 hour to reach the final destination temple and taking blessing and returning back. The natural views and scenery throughout the route is absolutely mesmerizing. View of Kanchenjunga mountain and hills covering with Rhododendron flowers will definitely makes you speechless. Also taking blessing from goddess is one of the greatest opportunity of lifetime.
Day 4: Returning back to Suketar from Phedi. You can visit local monasteries and also you can enjoy the local food.
Day 5: You can also visit nearby district Ilam, a green city of Nepal or directly returning back to Kathmandu from Suketar airport after a wonderful trek.
Precautions
Trekking to Pathivara means trek to a higher altitude. So people have to follow some major precautions throughout the trek. Devotees should carry warm clothes with them also eating garlic and ginger throughout the trek will also helps you to fight against altitude sickness. Apart from this you can carry hot water, toilet paper, lights etc.
So, Pathivara is one of the most important holy sites for Hindus. Lots of tourist from different countries comes here just to take a glimpse of natural beauty and to enjoy the Eco-friendly environment.
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